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Diospyros virginiana (Persimmon; eastern persimmon; common persimmon)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, common persimmon, eastern persimmon, "'simmon", "possumwood", or "sugar-plum". It ranges from southern Connecticut/Long Island to Florida, and west to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa. The tree grows wild but has been cultivated for its fruit and wood since prehistoric times by Native Americans.
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Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Shade Percentage [1]  82 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Bloom Period [2]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Winter
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Janka Hardness [4]  2300 lbf (1043 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  36 inches (91 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  1200 / lb (2646 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Irregular
Specific Gravity [5]  0.74
Structure [3]  Tree
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [2]  Orange
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [1]  37 feet (11.4 m)
Width [1]  20 feet (6.1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Atlantic Coastal Plain Longleaf Sandhill Scrub United States (South Carolina, North Carolina)
Atlantic Coastal Plain Subxeric Sandy Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine Ecotonal Woodland United States (North Carolina, South Carolina)
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric Sandhill Scrub United States (North Carolina, South Carolina)
Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain Yellow Sand Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
Carolina Longleaf Pine / Mixed Scrub Oak Sandhill United States (North Carolina)
Fall-line Sandhills Dry Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (North Carolina, South Carolina)
Florida Peninsula Xeric Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Florida)
Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia, Florida)
Georgia Dry Longleaf Pine - Scrub Oak Sand Woodland United States (Georgia)
Georgia Outer Coastal Plain Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia)
Georgia Xeric Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia)
Longleaf Pine / Scrub Oak Sandhill (Northern Type) United States (Virginia, North Carolina)
Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Woodland United States (Florida, Alabama)
Northern Florida Peninsula Longleaf Pine / Red Oak Woodland United States (Florida)
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill United States (Florida)
South Atlantic Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
South Atlantic Sandhills Subxeric Silty Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
South Carolina Central Longleaf Woodland United States (Georgia, South Carolina)
Southern Inner Coastal Plain Silty Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
Xeric Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)

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External References

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Citations

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♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 6Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004.
♦ 7Anthophora abrupta Say (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), Jason R. Graham, Jamie Ellis, Glenn Hall, Catherine Zettel Nalen, University of Florida, December 2011
♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 9Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0